Pro Gaming Podcast Episode 2

We are back with the Pro Gaming Episode 2! We talk about a variety of topics including MLG, Fatal1ty, Call of duty, and all the latest pr0gaming.com news / updates!




Podcast links


- MLG
- Black Magic Design (Intensity Pro capture device)
- Psyko Audio Labs Headset
- Sennheiser HD800 Headphones
- Tritton AX Pro Headset
- Windows Mobile 6.5 (Engadget coverage)

Quake Live Open Beta

The wait is over! You can join the open beta and play one of the greatest FPS games of all time. 

Just go to www.quakelive.com and sign up to get started! See ya there!

Cheaters

As a pretty competitive gamer, there’s nothing more that I hate than a cheater. As games get more technologically advanced, it seems that they are becoming easier and easier to exploit and glitch out. Now do we hold the game developers responsible? Or do we hold the thousands of gamers that exploit these glitches responsible? I say both and here’s why.

As a gamer who plays online I don’t see the point in cheating. It doesn’t make you a better player, it actually hurts you. For instance, in Call Of Duty : World at War there are a few glitches where you can get inside of an object or under the map and take no damage but still shoot the enemy team. But what happens when you play on a map that can’t be glitched or gamers haven’t found one yet? You do bad and that’s because instead of killing with the ability to not be killed, you have to rely on skill, and skill is something that you will always lack against someone who plays fair because they know how to kill, take cover, and use real strategy. Now as for game developers, you have to realize that there’s no game that comes out perfect and they have to realize that not every glitch in the game will be discovered by their game testers. So here’s what they can do.    

Monitor online play. See how people a glitching the game out.

Listen to people in the gaming community by reading forums and wacthing videos.

Release updates often. Games on PC, Xbox, WII, and PS3 can all get updates that correct problems with games. 

With that being said, I leave you with one more question. With gamers becoming as skilled as game developers, will cheating ever go away?